During my recent trip to Nepal, I spent a lot of time teaching and training young men and women who are preparing their lives for…
Open hands
There are plenty of things I don’t understand in the Bible. Some are routine, “how did He do that?!” impossibilities that my brain can’t wrap…
Community
The worst part of any move is the finding. Finding the library. Finding the grocery store you prefer. Finding the gas stations. Finding a new…
The beginnings of wisdom
One of the best parts of growing older, I’m finding, is no longer buying in when society begins wringing its hands and screaming that the…
A mother’s prayer
I’ve prayed for countless things over the years that have, literally, brought me to my knees. Some of those things seem silly now, but others are…
The starting gate
I was 17 when I met the man who would become my husband. Seventeen! Today that seems ridiculously young and yet, somehow, perfect timing. I love…
The sting of hope
Lovely Facebook reminded me last week of a picture I took with my wife two years earlier while waiting in the Vancouver airport to board…
Knowing God through a feather
I am sitting outside trying to prepare my lesson for tomorrow’s online French class that I teach (check out CBB+ if you’re interested!), but it’s…
The perfect year
This is the season when the school year stretches before you, clean and promising, like a fresh spiral notebook, or a box of flawless, sharpened…
The Christian Mother’s Devotional Guide to the Best Homeschooling Year EVER
If you’re like me, you’re paused at the start line right now. Your homeschool year is cued up, and you’re chomping at the bit to hit…